Linda Tyler Sets Campaign Agenda
by March 28, 2012 10:26 am 93 views
State Representative Linda Tyler is setting the campaign agenda in her race to unseat incumbent State Senator Jason Rapert. Tyler today released her Jobs Plan, a blueprint on how she proposes to create new jobs and continue growing the local economy.
Tyler’s proposal focuses on six broad themes:
· Supporting the Governor’s Quick Action Closing Fund
· Creating an Effective and Efficient Government
· Growing Small Businesses and Expanding Economic Development
· Promoting Transportation, Infrastructure and Manufacturing
· Investing in Education, STEM and Career Education
· Supporting Clean and Green Energy Jobs
In Tyler’s press release, she gets into some specifics on how she’d work to create jobs. The full plan is available online at www.lindatylerforsenate.com/jobsplan.
Linda Tyler had this to say about what voters in her district are talking about:
“As State Representative, I spend most of my time listening and learning from people all across our community. What I hear is the need for more good-paying jobs and a stronger focus on building an economy that will grow into the 21st Century.”
On a petty side note, I’m not wild about candidates using the phrase the “21st Century” because it’s become meaningless now that we’re twelve years into this century. When President Clinton used it during his White House years it was fine, but now candidates need to find a different description to illustrate our era.
With this release, Tyler sets the terms of the campaign debate and now Rapert must support or attack her plan, but either way, he’ll be on the battleground of Tyler’s choosing. The Tyler vs. Rapert election is going to center around the pocketbook issues that voters care about: jobs and economic development.
Hopefully, both candidates will spend time debating their respective jobs plans — if Jason Rapert ever releases one — and voters can make the choice on who they believe is best suited to focus on creating jobs.
Kudos to Linda Tyler for releasing her jobs plan and for setting the campaign agenda.